In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden deep beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by an army of tireless, little yellow minions, we discover Gru (Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) in Universal’s new 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me.

Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.

One of the world’s greatest super-villains has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes. www.despicable.me

Denzel's back people...if you haven't seen this one - go check it out this weekend. I've actually seen it twice. (LOL) Yep – I said twice. Denzel plays a dude named Eli...and he's got a job to do. He's got this book - - but, it's not just any book...it's the bible...the LAST bible. See - man has destroyed the world as we know it - and the "new" world is this crazy wasteland… “someone” ;) has told him that he needs to deliver the bible to a special place. But, this bad dude (played by Gary Oldman) decides HE wants the bible - - all for the wrong reasons. Well, Eli ain’t havin it.

Go see it.

Oh…did I mention that miss sexy Mila Kunis is in the movie. Yep. She makes the movie just a lil better!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure ALICE IN WONDERLAND, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. JOHNNY DEPP stars as the Mad Hatter and MIA WASIKOWSKA as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. The all-star cast also includes ANNE HATHAWAY, HELENA BONHAM CARTER and CRISPIN GLOVER.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

The rumors swirled. You heard that All Time Low and Avril Lavigne would appear on it. And that a collaboration between Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz would, too.

Well, we're hear to tell you: Those rumors were totally true.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg, as you can see now that we have been able to exclusively reveal the album's tracklisting. On top of the groups mentioned above, you'll also get Metro Station, Owl City, Robert Smith from The Cure, 3OH!3 (pictured above), Franz Ferdinand and plenty more re-imagining songs from the Disney classic.

Take a look, this thing is pretty stacked:

1. "Alice (Underground)" performed by Avril Lavigne2. "The Poison" performed by The All-American Rejects3. "The Technicolor Phase" performed by Owl City4. "Her Name Is Alice" performed by Shinedown5. "Painting Flowers" performed by All Time Low6. "Where's My Angel" performed by Metro Station7. "Strange" performed by Tokio Hotel and Kerli8. "Follow Me Down" performed by 3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch9. "Very Good Advice" performed by Robert Smith10. "In Transit" performed by Mark Hoppus with Pete Wentz11. "Welcome to Mystery" performed by Plain White T's12. "Tea Party" performed by Kerli13. "The Lobster Quadrille" performed by Franz Ferdinand14. "Running Out of Time" performed by Motion City Soundtrack15. "Fell Down a Hole" performed by Wolfmother16. "White Rabbit" performed by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

The album, which is being called Almost Alice, will be in stores in March 2nd, while a video for the soundtrack's first single, "Alice (Underground)" by Avril Lavigne," is due in early February.www.mikethemovieguypierce.com

Friday, January 8, 2010

A young couple has decided to marry, but one set of parents doesn't approve of the in-laws' family.

It's a familiar story of opposites attracting, told from many angles, including race. Usually one of the families is WASPy in the extreme.

But in Our Family Wedding, a romantic comedy opening March 12, both the bride and groom are people of color, just different hues. Their prejudiced fathers, however, can see only red.

America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) stars as a law student, the first from her Latino family to go to college, and Lance Gross (House of Payne) is a black medical student, who proposes a quick wedding before whisking his love off to a foreign land as part of Doctors Without Borders.

"My character is defining herself apart from her family," Ferrera says. "That starts with it being very controversial that she's marrying a black man. It has two minority perspectives from people who have their own instincts of preservation and exclusivity and what they think of as 'the other.' It doesn't have to be just white vs. every other minority. That's what makes the film special."

Her father, played by comic Carlos Mencia, runs a car restoration and towing company, while Gross' father, played by Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, is a flashy hip-hop radio DJ.

"They do not like each other," Ferrera says. "All their undertones of racism are projected onto their children and the choices they're making. They think they know better and are telling their children, 'You'll see. Stereotypes exist for a reason.' My family is crazy, his family is crazy, and they think they're so different."

Director Rick Famuyiwa (The Wood, Brown Sugar) says it goes beyond race and also becomes a generational story, as the lovesick, colorblind kids trigger reflection in their parents, whose own relationships need work.

Mencia's character and his wife "have been married 25 years, got married young, raised a family, worked very hard and made a success of themselves, and then you have Forest Whitaker, who's a divorcé and has a completely different perspective on marriage. He sees that marriage doesn't always lead to happy endings," Famuyiwa says.

The filmmaker says he hopes it's more than just the typical clash of wacky families.

"People will identify with somebody in the film," he says, "whether it's the young couple, whether it's the couple who are like the old, comfortable pair of shoes, or whether it's the people who've been burned by love and have to figure out whether they can trust again."

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy (Bruce Willis) is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, and Paul (Tracy Morgan) is his "partner-against-crime" whose preoccupation with his wife's alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball.

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My name is Mike ‘Pierce’ Mireles. I’ve been in the industry for about 15 years now. I started in radio at the age of 25 here in Houston at a station called, Kiss 98.5 Kiss Again 103.3 - I did that for a couple of years and then jumped into the record business. I helped start a label called, Latium Records (which is now Latium Entertainment). After being there for a couple of years, I decided to leave and get back into radio. I started working for 100.7 House Party, which later turned into Party 104.9 – I emcee’d / hosted at several clubs here in Houston. I then got the chance to be the night jock at a Hip-Hop station in South Texas. I did that for 3 years.
That’s when the movie business came knocking at my door. I moved back to Houston and started working with a promotional/marketing agency based out of Los Angeles. I did everything that major and independent film studios needed to promote their films. After doing that for 5 years – I decided to leave and start my own entertainment ‘Mike’ blog. I’m not your typical ‘movie critic’…I’m just someone who loves movies and reality TV. If I’m not blogging – you can always find me rocking the mic with my DJ’s.